SITTING AT HOUSTON, TX

Another day, another 452 miles. got up this morning and rolled at 4 AM. Picked up my SMUCKER'S at LACOMBE, LA, and headed for a stop at HOUSTON. enroute I had to scale the load, fuel up, and take a shower, clean the buckies, etc...

Tomorrow, I hope to do another 500+/- miles to somewheres between SAN ANTONIO and ELPASO. Maybe even an idelaire spot soon in NM or CA. Time and weather will tell.

GO WEST OLD MAN

Well since my last entry, things have been moving. I did get a load going to CANTON, MS which I delivered this morning. While making the delivery, the consignee pointed out that only half the load was his. SCHNEIDER failed to tell me it was a two stopper. It had an additional 150 miles to be done this day to WAYNESBORO, MS. Not bad-- an 850 miler becomes a 1000 miler, with stop pay.

This situation did put me into a FIFO market though. My trip planner, MICHELLE, indicated I wouldn't get a load out till morning. Well they're deadheading me to LOUISIANA (150 miles), to pick up a load of SMUCKERS going to SAN BERNARDINO, CA. (1800 miles)..NOT BAD.

Called SANDY to tell her I probably won't be home for her birthday in 2 weeks. I had planned to be for that weekend. The fact is though, when they send me that far, it's usually that many miles to come home as well. Will try to take pictures as well.

HEY RAY...missing your BD also. KTBC&PH

ANOTHER MAJOR BREAKDOWN

Sitting in a hotel room near LIMA, OH. Parked at a TA yesterday morning to wait on a load I was to pick up at 4 AM today. Woke up at 3 AM, had my coffee, and went to start the truck to no avail. The mechanics at the truckstop tried as well. Now I'm waiting till tomorrow for it to be towed to FREIGHTLINER. We suspect the computer is the problem.

The load I would have had wad going to Louisiana, nearly 1000 miles. I hope I can get another out of here by tuesday.

I guess the LORD felt I needed the rest!

UPDATE PLUS

It's been a while since I last managed to upd8 this site. As it goes, one week -13degrees, the next 57 degrees plus. that is from the upper peninsula of Michigan to the lower stretches of Georgia..

In the interim, I did manage to get home to meet my new GRANDAUGHTER. SHE's GORGEOUS. I alos got over to see my GRANDSON.

Coming out on Tuesday from TAH, I got a gr8 load from CHICAGO to ST MARYs, GA. Where to from here, who knows.

Heres one for DARREL..HOW are your brothers doing???

For RAY..ktbc&ph..

WHAT NEXT

The other day at OSSEO, WI, I walked out to my truck only to find the pool of antifreeze on the ground. I found my water pump had a leak. Luckily, there was a shop there that SCHNEIDER uses at times. I found the leak late afternoon, they had the new pump about 6PM, and I was back in service (0330), on time to finish my delivery, on Monday morning. Now I'm sitting at INDY, having supper, headed for South Carolina. RAY..KTBC&PH

VALENTINE'S DAY BABY

Well here's the scoop. while enroute to Minnesota, under laod, I got messaged with a FOTO of my new GRANDAUGHTER, CULLEN RENEE. BEAUTIFUL 6lb 10 oz, 16" girl. I'm looking forwards to meeting her the next time I get home or in the area.


Got up this morning, had my coffee, and attended trucker chapel. gr8 way to start the morning.


The FOTO here is of a fellow driver, ROBERT, I met at OSSEO, WI at a truck stop.. I helped him get drivers downloaded so he could use his WIFI.We spent a couple hours just getting acquainted.

TUCKHANNAK 2 GARY

It's been a while since I upd8d this feature. RAY has been on my case for being lax. OK RAY. HERE IT IS.

Ran into RANDY, in the blue shirt, up at TANKHANUK, PA. The other foto s the AFTER at GARY on Saturday morning. We spent a day at Tuckhannak along with BRYAN waiting on our respective loads. We share venison sausage, gave advice to each other related to our loads. That got me in trouble in JERZY. went to bed in our respective trucks and then on our ways. While at Tuckhannak, I lost tracki0n with my bobtail in a muddy parking area, and Bryan (THE INTIMMIDATOR) had to pull me free.

Since then I was almost given a 25# load to I DON't REMEMBER WERE, USA. It was to have been 20000#+. SInce then JERZY was H___acious. I'm glad I'm out of there.

Between JERZY and home OC, I got to spend time with my friend CARL at UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO (The OK HAND IT OVER state). I spent the tile with his son's family and a birthday party for his grandson.

Eventually I got to my delivery at MINOOKA, IL, spent time with my son and his family, my grandaughters REBECCA and NANCY, and hopefully, TODAY TO BE BORN, CULLEN RENEE.

Im at GARY waiting to pick up a load going up towards MINNESOTA to be delivered on monday.

OH RAY KTBC&PH